Who really cares? If Bangladeshis can prosper without Tagore and Sarat Chandra(s), more power to them. Imposing forcibly Tagore/Sarat literatures on masses might not be a great idea if people feel insecure in their religious identity. More Madrassa material would make Bangladeshi Bangla a better and richer language?
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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 5:45 PM, "Farida Majid farida_majid@hotmail.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Narayan Chandra Das shared a link.
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<<While an official at the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata termed the syllabus revision a "routine affair", the Bangladeshi media has alleged that the omissions match the demands of Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam. The country's leading English daily , Daily Star, said in a report that politics of exclusivity makes it seem that "young minds are increasingly becoming laboratories for fundamentalists and extremists propagating their views and ideologies". >>
<<While an official at the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata termed the syllabus revision a "routine affair", the Bangladeshi media has alleged that the omissions match the demands of Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam. The country's leading English daily , Daily Star, said in a report that politics of exclusivity makes it seem that "young minds are increasingly becoming laboratories for fundamentalists and extremists propagating their views and ideologies". >>
Bangladesh's revised school syllabus is causing heartburn on this side of the border as it allegedly seeks to address the concerns of radical groups by dropping works…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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